Anyone who had any thoughts that Putin was somehow matriculating from dictatorship to democratic leader--I will sell you the Brooklyn Bridge if you believe that.

We say we cannot be silent not because we want war, but because we want to prevent it.

I came away profoundly disturbed by their unwillingness and inability to meet that 2 percent GDP target.

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I ask unanimous consent to complete the full duration of my remarks. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Thank you, Madam Chair, and welcome to our panel. Good to see you all, and a couple of you have seen me hold up the bumper sticker before.

I do believe that it is very important for the military option to be on the table, but I do not want to see the military option actually get implemented.

I think it undermines our ability to promote Iranian regime sanctions that in my opinion are very justified.

I think the best way to push back against Russia is to give the Ukrainians what they need to defend their sovereignty.

I do not always agree with the administration's words or lack of words on Russia and I call that out every time I can.

You send your troops to succeed or you do not send them at all.

You have made promises about pricing and I am wondering, based on those promises, do you believe that there is any role for any government agency in the pricing that you will be setting?

I am the Chair of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, and we had hoped to have you here for our hearing that we had on the border separations.

But they didn't talk to you beforehand?

But when did they start taking the kids from the parents?

So you didn't register an objection to it at that time?

I really think it is important. But I need--when we look at certainty, we need to make sure that we are putting the rights of the consumers and of access first that is what I really think.

Did you talk to the Attorney General, or anybody else, about that?